Lamp and tag support for vehicles.



- screws 7 JACOB E. MIE.BTZ, OF WASHINGTON, DISTR T0 GEORGE BELL, OF

ICI OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-LEIALF BLUEFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA.

LAMI .AND TAG SUCPPOR'I. IEOB VIIEICLES.

Speoifioaon o! Letcers Patent.

Patented Oet. 6, 1914.

Application filed JhIarch 4, 1912. Serial N0. 681,467.

T 0 all w]z0m it may concern:

Be it known tlmt I. JACOB H. Msmz, a citizen of tl1e United States o f Axnenca, resicling at Vashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented oertaiu new s nd u seful I1nprovements in Lamp Supports for "ehicles, of which the following is a specification.

Tll1S invention relates to supports for l-amps und tags for vehicles and one of the principal objects of the invention is fio provicle simple, reliable and efiicient means for supporting tl1e number tags on automobiles und other vehicles in position to be readil v seen atnight by the light thrown out from the lamp supported at one side of (l1e tags.

Still another object of the invention i s to provide a supporting bar suspended from brackets, snid suppont-i-ng b ar heilig a1- ranged horizontally for slidably supporting Clips for the tags, said bar being reaflil)? detachable for atl:aching tl1e tags.

These und other Objects may be attained by means of the construction shown and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in whichz F igure 1 is a. side elevatiou of the real portion of a vehicle showing the bar applied. F ig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the supporting bar and m0dified devices for securing it in place on the rear end of the vehicle. F ig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the supporting clips for the tags.

Referring to the drawing for a. more particular description of my invention, the numeral 1 designates a bar supported at the rear portion of the vehicle, as shown in Fig. 1. As shown in Fig. 2, the bar 1 may be supported in eye-bolts 2, sa1deye-bolts hav- 111g screw-threaded shanks 3 adapted t0 pass through any suitable part of the body of the vehicle and t-o be connected thereto by means of suitable nuts (not shown). The eyebolts 2 are provided with tapering squared portions 6 to be eeuntersunk in th e body to prevent the eye-bolts fiom turmng when properly secured in place. 'Ihe eyes of the bolts 2 are rectangular in form to accommodate the ends of the bar 1, and binding extend through Ehe eyes al1d against the bar 1 for holding it rigidly in place when adjusted.

Clips 8 are each provided w1th a rectangular eye 9 to slide 011 the bar 1., sa1

and Tag i clips having spaced lugs 10 between whic-h the metal tags 11 are secu1ed by means of suitable binding screws 12. The binding screws 12, when properly turned in place, f will clanqp the eye 9 outo the b ar 1 und prevent it from moving longitudixmlly thereof and also secure the tags rigiclly in place t0 prevent mmement thereof. Any suitable I1umber of these elips n1ay be secured to tl1e whenever required.

It will be observed that the bar 1 is quadrilateral and rectangular in c1oss section ancl that the eyes 9 of the clips 8 snugl v receive o1 bear against four of the sides of the bar.

e11 i;he tra.ction bolts 12 are loose the clips 8 3.1'e free to be slid along the bar, bu1: when the bolts 12 are tightened the clips positively grip. the bar and are securely held agaiqst movem eut longitudinally of the bar. F urthermore the opposite immer surfaces of the'lugsl0 o'f ea ch clip 3 of their area and consequently when Ehe bolts 12 are tightened the saicl parallel surfaces bear directly againstthe surfaces of the tag 11 and the tag is positively held against movement with relation to the clips. Again tl1e clips and bolts 12 hold the tag 11 under the bar 1 with its 0bverse surface lyi in the same plane as that in whichone sur ace of the bar 1 lies and therefore the bar protects the tag fron1 above and at the same time the bar does not extend over the obverse surface of the tag and cast a shadow on the szune. In other words, when the bolts 12 are tiglit, all of the said parts are positively held in fixed adjusted positions with relation to each other and when the bolts 12 are loose -all 0f the said parts are readily adjustable with relation to each other. A lamp bracket 13 is also secured to the bar 1, s'aid brackethaving an upwardly extending hook or support l1'sajd bracket being secured io the bar 1 by means of a suitable screW 15, thus rendering the lamp adjustable lengthwise on the bar 1 and to permit the detachment of the lamp whenever desired.

The lamp 16, which may be able type, is provided with a plain glass at the side 18 and owing to the disposition relatively to the tags 11 tl1e light is thrown onto the tags so the v ma v be seen at any fime in the night. The 1ear glass 17 of tl1e lamp is red to comply Witll regulations.

of any suitbar 1 for the attachmentof additional t-ags S0111e automobiles und 0tl1er vehicles are i not provided with a, cutunder real end and fo1 tl1is reason a. different for1n of brucket is required for supporting the bar l. 1 have provicled a bracket, shown in Fig. l, comprising a shank 19 having a longitudinal sl0t 20 ancl 21 roundecl head 21 having u vertical slot 2 for supporting the ends of tl1e bar l. These brnckets a1e secured at the slcles 0f the body of the vehicle by means 0f suituble binding screws 23.

F10111 the foregoing, it Will be obvious=- 1lmt a. support 1'01 tags and a lamp made in MCOI'Cl3DCB witl1 xny invention can be Quickly disconnected. f01 the pu1pc-se of adding new tugs to the bar and f01' the adjustment 0f the lags longituclinally 0f the bar. Momover the lamp n1-ay be readily adjusted at tlxe requi1ed position 011 the bar for shed- Ging light onto the tags.

l-laving thus fully described my inventi011, what ll claim as 113W, is:

A lag supportcomprising 3 bar which is i pmdrilateral und rectzuxgular in ulOSS sec tion, a Clip havi11g spaced end purlions the upp0sed. su1fa0es 0f which are parallel lluoughout lheir areas, snid Clip also having nngulnrly dispos(l intermediate portions which snugl; fitagalnst tluee 01 the sides u'f 1l1e bar, 0ne o;l tl1e said. end portiong of the clip fitt ing along a portion 0f its inne]? surface aga1nst l'he fourth side of tlne bar, a

01 the clip and through the tag and draming tl1e saicl end porbions in close conta.ct with the opposite sides of the tag to pre'venl: relative xnovement of the lag und the clip, 111d positively fixing the obverse surface of the tag in the plane of the said lfourth side of the bar, said traction means also clrawing the clip in close contact With fi;he sides 0f the bar whereby (he Clip and tag am positively hel l against movement With relnti0n to the bar.

l[n test1mony whereof l aflix n1y s1gnature in presence of tw0 WIUIBSSES.

JACUB H. MERTZ.

Witnesses G130. S LIVINGSTON, GEORGE F. BELL. 

